SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017

(*   50)                    SPOTTED DOVE                  Streptopelia chinensis 

NEW ZEALAND               41

Found in suburban parks, gardens, farmland and orchards. 30 cm. Asian introduction; locally common around Auckland, South Auckland and near Te Puke and Opotiki.

SPOTTED DOVE

Photographed on Langkawi, March 2017

(*   50)             SPOTTED DOVE               Streptopelia chinensis 

MALAYSIA                 16

inhabits open country, scrub, plantations, gardens and villages. 30 cm. Common resident inn Malaysia.

SPOTTED TURTLE-DOVE

Photographed in suburban Sydney.

50        SPOTTED TURTLE-DOVE            Streptopelia chinensis

Australia    (50)

Also known as Chinese or Indian turtle-dove, or Spotted dove. 28-32 cm. Introduced into Australia in 1860s. Ranges down the east coast of the mainland from Cooktown to Adelaide, Pockets in WA and Tasmania. Found inn urban areas, around farms, wheat silos, agricultural lands and open woodland.